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The Latest On: Alaska

July 29, 2015 | Feature

Saving the Forest for the Trees

Alaska's Tongass National Forest is home to centuries-old trees and rivers flowing among thousands of islands. It is also the last forest where the fight continues to keep timber sales out of roadless areas.

February 3, 2015 | Feature

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

April 5, 2019 | Feature

Inside the Legal Case: A Federal Judge Just Nixed Trump’s Attempt to Drill the Arctic and Atlantic

What this court ruling means for the country and the climate.

March 30, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Earthjustice President Reacts to Judge’s Ruling Striking Down Trump’s Order to Undo Drilling Protections for Arctic, Atlantic

Ruling restores offshore leasing ban, protects areas from dangerous drill rigs

March 29, 2019 | Legal Document

ORDER: Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Order to Undo Drilling Protections for Arctic, Atlantic

Ruling restores offshore leasing ban, protects areas from dangerous drill rigs

March 20, 2019 | Blog Post

‘It Is the Largest National Forest, and I’m Going to Keep It That Way’

Indigenous women from Southeast Alaska traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Tongass National Forest and the Roadless Rule.

March 13, 2019 | Press Release

Public Overwhelmingly Opposes Drilling in Arctic Refuge

More than one million comments submitted to Bureau of Land Management oppose oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

March 1, 2019 | Press Release

Native Village, Conservation Groups Challenge Winter Oil, Gas Drilling in Western Arctic

Lawsuit targets cursory federal assessment of ConocoPhillips’ plan for drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve

February 28, 2019 | Legal Document

Complaint on NPR-A on behalf of Native Village of Nuiqsut and five conservation organizations

This lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Native Village of Nuiqsut, an Arctic community facing health issues and disruptions to traditional hunting practices due to ConocoPhillips' oil and gas drilling activities in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

February 7, 2019 | Press Release

Kuskokwim Tribes Fight Donlin Mine Permits

Leaders assert major mine permits are illegal, rushed, and ignore local concerns

Get your environmental news from the courtroom and the communities on the frontline.

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